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Why in the Name of Pierre Novellie
2. Why Have We Stopped Reading?
Pierre Novellie asks the big questions about rugby balls, elves, AI and the French.
14 Jan 2026,·28 mins
Sindhu Vee: Alphabet
Part 4
Listen to part four of Sindhu Vee's comedy special, Alphabet!
06 Jan 2026,·19 mins
Series 14
6. Unst (Shetland part 2)
Mark makes his final stop this series on Unst, the most northerly island in Britain.
11 Nov 2025,·38 mins
Scam Special
Cop turned comic Alfie Moore dives into the world of scams.
26 Nov 2025,·30 mins
Series 1
Anxiety
Stand-up Felicity Ward tries to achieve better mental health, one phone app at a time.
29 Aug 2018,·14 mins
Series 6
Innovation
Simon Evans presents another comedy lecture on economics.
10 Aug 2021,·28 mins
Series 11
The Aeneid
In a tour de force solo performance, Natalie takes on Virgil's great poem in 28 minutes.
02 Sep 2025,·27 mins
Series 5
4. Unsweet Charity
Charity, our ultimate life quests and a strange house plant that refused to die.
01 Mar 2025,·28 mins
Stranger
Tom has a tale to tell about the time a stranger turned up.
19 Mar 1981,·13 mins
Series 3
Merthyr - home of Welsh heroes
Paul tests an audience in Merthyr Tydfil on their knowledge of Welsh heroes.
02 Dec 2024,·28 mins
Sexuality
Chloe Petts joins Rosie Jones to talk about sexuality.
22 Apr 2020,·14 mins
Series 2 - Sarah Kendall: Australian Trilogy
Episode 3 - Seventy-Five Years
Storyteller Sarah Kendal returns with more hilarious, gripping and moving stories.
05 Sep 2018,·30 mins
Series 2
Toxic Role Model
Stand-up comedian Jamie MacDonald’s unique perspective on living life with his blindness.
17 May 2023,·14 mins
Humanity
What does it mean to be human?
18 Jun 2025,·28 mins
Health and Medicine
Stephen K Amos compiles an idiot's guide to health and medicine.
21 Feb 2013,·30 mins
Living Room
A heady combination of maths, science and comedy with Festival of the Spoken Nerd.
28 Feb 2018,·14 mins
Nationalism
Andrew explores the reasons for joining nationalist organisations.
04 Nov 2013,·30 mins
Series 4
Saturday's Child Is...
Award-winning comedian Mark Watson re-embarks on his doomed quest to understand life.
21 Mar 2023,·28 mins
6. Jo Brand and Eshaan Akbar
Renouncing Catholicism and sweet-talking soldiers.
25 Jun 2025,·28 mins
New Relationships To Old Things
When his parents sell the family home, Alex discovers he's unexpectedly affected by it.
01 Jun 2021,·28 mins
Fruits of Labour
Stand-up comic Sindhu Vee looks at being a parent in a multi-generational family.
25 Jul 2018,·10 mins
Rob Newman On Air
Episode Four: On Song
Rob Newman returns with a hilarious new comedy series, co-starring Claire Price.
16 Nov 2022,·28 mins
Scotland
Elis James hosts a stand-up show from the Stand Comedy Club in Glasgow.
18 Jan 2017,·30 mins
4. Water
Randy Feltface cries a river.
12 Oct 2024,·28 mins
Why Are Some More Susceptible Than Others?
Mae asks why some people more susceptible to addiction than others.
08 Nov 2017,·28 mins
Pregnancy and In-Laws
Jason Cook doles out life lessons focusing on how to cope with pregnancy and the in-laws.
27 Mar 2014,·30 mins
Anuvab Pal, Krystal Evans, Richard Morton, Thanyia Moore and Mark Nelson
Stand-up comedy with Fred MacAulay and guests, from The Stand Comedy Club in Newcastle.
16 Dec 2021,·28 mins
Episode 3
Poet John Hegley entertains an audience with a microphone and a book of verse.
09 Sep 1998,·15 mins
4: Billionaires
Comedian Ellie Taylor explains why she thinks billionaires are a good thing.
19 Apr 2023,·28 mins
Episode 4
Geoff Norcott examines modern masculinity. This week, how do men deal with pregnancy?
31 Jul 2024,·28 mins
